How can I have NHibernate only generate the SQL without executing it?

You can get the generated sql queries without execution with the following methods:

For the NHibernate.Linq queries:

public String GetGeneratedSql(System.Linq.IQueryable queryable, ISession session)
{
    var sessionImp = (ISessionImplementor) session;
    var nhLinqExpression = new NhLinqExpression(queryable.Expression, sessionImp.Factory);
    var translatorFactory = new ASTQueryTranslatorFactory();
    var translators = translatorFactory.CreateQueryTranslators(nhLinqExpression, null, false, sessionImp.EnabledFilters, sessionImp.Factory);

    return translators[0].SQLString;
}

For Criteria queries:

public String GetGeneratedSql(ICriteria criteria)
{
    var criteriaImpl = (CriteriaImpl) criteria;
    var sessionImpl = (SessionImpl) criteriaImpl.Session;
    var factory = (SessionFactoryImpl) sessionImpl.SessionFactory;
    var implementors = factory.GetImplementors(criteriaImpl.EntityOrClassName);
    var loader = new CriteriaLoader((IOuterJoinLoadable) factory.GetEntityPersister(implementors[0]), factory, criteriaImpl, implementors[0], sessionImpl.EnabledFilters);

    return loader.SqlString.ToString();
}

For QueryOver queries:

public String GetGeneratedSql(IQueryOver queryOver)
{
    return GetGeneratedSql(queryOver.UnderlyingCriteria);
}

For Hql queries:

public String GetGeneratedSql(IQuery query, ISession session)
{
    var sessionImp = (ISessionImplementor)session;
    var translatorFactory = new ASTQueryTranslatorFactory();
    var translators = translatorFactory.CreateQueryTranslators(query.QueryString, null, false, sessionImp.EnabledFilters, sessionImp.Factory);

    return translators[0].SQLString;
}